EXPLICIT billboard ads for a lesbian TV drama sparked a fresh 'porn poster' row today as a city GP demanded they be pulled down.

EXPLICIT billboard ads for a lesbian TV drama sparked a fresh 'porn poster' row today as a city GP demanded they be pulled down.

Father-of-two Dr Mohammed Shafiq said he was disgusted by the huge roadside posters showing scantily-clad women and bearing cheeky slogans like Girls Allowed.

He has already complained to the Advertising Standards Authority about the ads, for Living TV?s The L Word, which have gone up across Birmingham.

But the satellite channel defended the ad campaign, saying it was designed to ?push boundaries?.

?These ads are sexually explicit. They are being used as a shock tactic but they offend alot of people,? Dr Shafiq said.

?I?m a Muslim and it?s totally inappropriate as far as my culture is concerned.?

The row echoes a rumpus last Christmas sparked when city lap dancing club Medusa displayed posters of a nude woman on all fours wearing only a Santa hat, gloves and boots. The club was forced to put underwear on the image after a huge backlash.

Dr Shafiq, who works in Dudley but lives at Hamstead Road, Hockley, said he was angry at being forced to explain away The L Word ad to his two-year-old son Luqman.

?He saw one when we were in the car. I said they were naughty pictures and we shouldn?t look at them.

?I can protect my family at home but I don?t expect these things outside.

?Certain areas of Birmingham are heavily populated by Muslims and the vast majority of residents would oppose these ads.?

The adverts promote the second series of The L Word, described by Living TV as revolving around the ?lives and loves? of a group of women living in Los Angeles.

The channel remained unrepentant about the ads.

A spokeswoman said: ?Living TV is always open-minded, liberal, entertaining and unafraid to push boundaries and we believe the L Word ad campaign reflects these values.?